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Africa’s Green Hydrogen Pipeline: One Investment Decision Out of 31 Projects. Sudan Says Water and Food Come First.
Only one of 31 announced African green-hydrogen projects has reached a final investment decision. At a Cairo panel this week, a Sudanese water-ministry official said the continent should…
Egypt Just Locked In 20 Years of Wind Power at 2.4 Cents. Sudan’s Solar Borrowers Are Still Paying 35%.
Egypt signed two 20-year wind power PPAs in ten days at 2.4 cents/kWh. Sudanese solar borrowers still pay 20-35% interest. The contract structure, not wealth, is the transferable…
Sudan Doesn’t Need Another Solar Mandate. It Needs Jordan’s Financing Model.
Jordan's decade-old blended-finance fund shows what Sudan's still-toothless solar-financing mandate is missing. 3Bi recommends Sudan and its donors capitalize a similar fund.
Mozambique’s $30 Billion Gas Project Just Got Its Engineering Contractor. Sudan’s Solar Developers Are Paying 35% Interest for a Fraction of That Capital.
A $30 billion Mozambique LNG project moved toward final investment approval this week. Sudanese solar developers meeting basic energy needs still face 20-35% domestic lending rates for a…
Algeria’s Solar-Panel Imports Just Collapsed 46%. That’s the Warning Sudan Needs Before 2033.
Algeria's Chinese solar-panel imports just fell 46%. The data shows the bottleneck is tendering capacity, not money or sunlight — a warning Sudan needs before its 2033 solar…
Global Sustainable Finance Is Heading for $1.6 Trillion in 2026. Sudan Cannot Issue a Bond to Claim Any of It.
Global sustainable finance is set to hit $1.6 trillion in 2026, but Sudan has no capital market to claim any of it. 3Bi proposes a pooled, guarantee-backed bond…
Saudi Arabia’s Renewables Grew 88% in a Year. The Data That Made That Possible Is What Sudan Is Missing.
Saudi Arabia's renewable capacity jumped 88% in 2025, tracked to the plant and the halala. Sudan and East Africa have no comparable statistical picture — and that gap…
Syria Signed a Solar Deal With Saudi Arabia to Rebuild Its Grid. Sudan Is Still Waiting for the Same Phone Call.
Syria just signed 760MW of Gulf-financed solar-plus-storage to rebuild its war-shattered grid. Sudan's $3 billion grid-damage gap has no equivalent deal yet.
Morocco Got €241 Million in Blended Finance for Africa’s First Battery Gigafactory. East Africa Needs the Next Deal, Not the Next Factory.
The AfDB just financed Africa's first battery gigafactory in Morocco with €241 million in blended finance. 3Bi argues East African governments should use the same NAFAD mechanism to…